WoW:API GetMapContinents: Difference between revisions

WoW:API GetMapContinents (source)

Revision as of 17:14, 23 December 2006

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- <center>'''GetMapContinents''' ''-Documentation by [[user:Meog|Meog]]-''</center>
+{{wowapi}} __NOTOC__
+Returns a list of continent names.
-Returns a list of continent names
   continent_1, continent_2, ..., continent_N = GetMapContinents();
-----
+==Parameters==
-;''Arguments''
+===Returns===
-:''none''
-----
-;''Returns''
 :continent_1, continent_2, ..., continent_N
 :;continent_<i>i</i> : String - The name of the <i>i</i>'th continent, (i corresponds to the value [[API GetCurrentMapContinent|GetCurrentMapContinent()]] returns)
-----
+==Example==
-;''Example''
+  local continentNames, key, val = { GetMapContinents() } ;
+  for key, val in continentNames do
-  continentNames = {};
+  DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("#" .. key .. ": " .. val);
- function LoadContinents(...)
-    for i=1, arg.n, 1 do
-       continentNames[i] = arg[i];
-    end
   end
- LoadContinents(GetMapContinents());
-Note that this can also be achieved with
- continentNames = { GetMapContinents() } ;
-;''Result''
- The array ContinentNames holds all available continent names:
- ContinentNames[1] == "Kalimdor"
- ContinentNames[2] == "Eastern Kingdoms"
-----
-;''Details''
-: At release this will be only two: "Kalimdor" and "Eastern Kingdoms", but when using this function keep in mind, that there maybe more sometime after release, and that they may get added before the existing ones.
+===Result===
+A list of the continent names is displayed in the default chat frame.
+ #1: Kalimdor
+ #2: Eastern Kingdoms
+ #3: Outland
-----
+==Details==
-{{WoW API}}
+Note that as more expansions are releases, the output of this function may change.